GENESIS 1:9
Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. [Genesis 1:9 NKJV]
God said, “Let the waters below the sky collect together in one place so that the land may appear.” And so it was. [Genesis 1:9 FBV]
Bible Teacher:
In the Bible verse above, the Word of God commanded the gathering of the waters under the Heaven into one place, to make room for the Dryland to appear and manifest out of obscurity: and the dryland indeed appeared as it was so.
Before God spoke this, there was no covering or obscuring of the waters under the heavens, but there was covering or obscuring of the dry-Land under the waters. The Heaven was not preventing the waters under it from manifesting or appearing, but the waters were preventing the Land under them from manifesting or appearing. The Heaven still gave and allowed places for the waters under the Heaven to be seen from above, but the waters would neither give any place nor allowance to the Land (Earth) under the waters. This which the waters under the Heaven did to prevent the appearing of the dryland from under the waters was not good in the Sight of God.
Commentaries:
The heavens allowed the waters under them to shine and be seen, but the same waters wickedly prevented the earth them to shine or appear seen. Thank God, who's Word commanded the waters to adjust or shift, and exalted the dryland from being under the water to being above the waters so that the earth may also shine and be seen alongside with the seas (waters).
Bible Teacher:
The earth itself was once a hidden secret covered under the waters. But behold by the Word of God, the secret of the hidden earth began to be made manifest above the waters in open heaven. Even so, all secrets and covered things of the earth shall appear discovered and uncovered in due course.
Commentaries:
When waters cover the land, then there is ”Flood:" Flooding is not good, but pure Seas are good. The waters under the heavens occupied all places under the heavens and yet there was no solid ground, no foundation or no visible mountain; and basically no place for the ground until God spoke this Word above. Now there's place for the waters and ground for earth-Land, for all to thrive.
Bible Teacher:
By this Word of God, the Waters still retain their place, but the Earth-Land gained its "Ground." To those who are good, getting exposed or revealed would mean gaining ground for you, just as it was for the earth coming out from under the covering of waters.
There were places but they were without solid ground, until God gave the communication that gathered the waters under the heavens into one storage place and empowered the other place(s) into becoming solid or strong ground. God laid great Foundation (Ground) on the waters by His Communication over the waters. And that foundation (dryland) was refined or tried by firing or heating agents called dryers (dehydrating agents), just as gold is refined by furnace and dryers.
Make sure you are not just gaining places, but basically gaining grounds. Like God here, know difference between having places and having grounds (foundations), and you may have to communicate, order, arrange or store things wisely for them to give up places, in order to gain more ground. Having just one place but gaining more ground is better than gaining more places but losing ground or foundation. Therefore, order your communication wisely for solid ground and store place.